If you’re like most people, you use your computer to keep your iTunes account in good shape. But if you want to keep your music and movies safe, it’s time to take some precautions. First and foremost, make sure that all of your computers are disconnected from your iTunes account. This means removing any and all computers associated with the account—including any laptops or desktop computers that may have been used just for accessing the iTunes store. Next, back up your music and movies by copying them to a USB drive or other storage device. If you don’t have time to do this right away, at least make sure that they’re stored on a different computer than the one where you’re keeping your iTunes account information. Finally, be sure to sign out of your iTunes account whenever you’re not using the computer it’s connected to. This will help protect against unauthorized access to your data should something happen to the computer itself. ..
If you’ve authorized 5 computers over time to your iTunes account, you will see the following message when you try to download an app or song from the iTunes Store.
Deauthorize Individual Computers
If you are still using a couple of computers you can disable one by opening iTunes and select Store \ Deauthorize This Computer.
You will be prompted to enter your account credentials, then Deauthorize it.
Deauthorize All Computers
Note: You can only use the Deauthorize All Computers once per year.
You might be in a situation where you no longer have the computers you authorized in earlier years and would rather deauthorize them all. Go into the iTunes Store and sign in if your not already. Click on the Account button on the right side of the main page.
Enter in your account credentials again and click Account Info.
On your Account Info page click on Deauthorize All.
Click Deauthorize all computers at the confirmation screen…
Success.
Now you’ll need to authorize the current machine you want to use. Click Store \ Authorize This Computer.
Enter your account credentials and click Authorize.
You will then get a message that you have authorized one out of five available…click OK.
That is all there is to it! If you are a geek who is constantly testing features such as iTunes on several computers, the ability to only authorize five machines can be quite annoying. Following these quick steps will help you avoid the annoyance.
